THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE
A PONCHO WEAVER OF CUZCO
exception of the few foreign residents
(German merchants and British mission
aries). A traveling circus and a theatri
cal company, each composed of Spanish
and Peruvian artists, were in the town.
The day after our arrival we were
greeted (in Spanish) by a gentleman
whom we met in the hotel dining-room,
with the startling question, "Do you be-
long to the circus or the theater?" As
the ladies of Cuzco do not wear short
skirts, kahki jackets, high boots, and
sombreros, I told Mr. Adams it was "up
to me."
We attended both the circus and the
theater, but found neither one amusing.
The best entertainment afforded us was
by the natives themselves on the streets
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